As expected, Mr. Ye was very satisfied with this model, anyway, it was not him who died at that time. Moreover, those prostitutes who contracted the disease. Women are more likely to take that risk, because they know that if they don't get medication, they are dead. In the case of such a serious illness, the owners of the brothel will not support them in vain, and they will drive them directly to the street. At that time, whether it is serious illness or hunger and cold, they can easily kill them.

So the terms of the two sides were quickly negotiated. The only change here was that at Biden's suggestion, Mr. Ye swapped the rifles he ordered for a larger number of shotguns. Because it is said to be much better than a rifle in the city.

……

After the agreement was taken, the Yankees quickly delivered half of the guns and drugs to Mr. Ye. Of course, the weapons in these items were originally intended for the Restoration Society and were temporarily borrowed, while others were intended to be used for experiments.

After getting this part of the things, Mr. Ye's reaction became very fast. Within a few days, there were several public security incidents in Hangzhou, and then the rumors about the Salvation Hospital immediately disappeared.

……

"Mr. Zhou, we have counted all the relevant data." A medical student said to Zhou Shuren as he handed him a statistical sheet.

"Well, Zhang Jun, you've worked hard lately." Zhou Shuren took the report and looked at it, and after a while, his hand began to tremble, because the contrast between the numbers on it was too obvious.

In the three control groups, the group that did not take any treatment (this group was basically students who accidentally contracted the flu in medical school) had mild to severe symptoms and the length of time from onset to recovery, but when taken as an average, the symptoms in this group were quite obvious, and the time from onset to recovery was relatively long.

The second group is the control group with amantadine hydrochloride, and the patients in this group are the same as the latter group, most of them are ordinary civilians, considering that their physical foundation is much worse than that of medical students, so some of the people in this group have symptoms that are even more serious than those who do not have any treatment, just drink more water and rest more, and the time from illness to cure is longer. However, on average, the condition of the patients in this group is still slightly stronger than that of the first group who was not treated with any drugs, although it is not much better, but considering the physical condition of the people in this sample, the effect of the drugs can be clearly seen in such an effect.

The third group was the one who received a placebo, and the patients in this group had similar backgrounds to the second group, but they were the most severe in terms of symptoms and took the longest time to recover.

The situation of these three groups was still expected by Zhou Shuren. And the comparison data of the fourth group really scared him. Because the numbers are too good to be believed.

In the two groups that used the drug (including placebo), there were many patients who did not have a significant effect, and about half of the patients who used placebo did not improve significantly, and about 30% of the patients who used amantadine hydrochloride did not improve significantly. But in the group that used White Tiger Soup, less than 10 percent of the patients did not improve significantly. Moreover, the severity of the symptoms was significantly lower than that of the other three groups, and even the recovery time was shortened by an average of one to two days compared with the previous two groups.

In Zhou Shuren's consistent view, compared with Western medicine, which can tell scientific reasons, most of the things in traditional Chinese medicine are bluffing things that are patted on the head. Just like the dead drum skin that his father had eaten, just because the pronunciation is the same, it is far-fetched to treat edema (because in Chinese medicine, edema is called bulging). Therefore, he does not have much confidence in this "white tiger soup". However, the results of the experiment unmistakably told him that the effect of this mixture of Chinese medicine was even better than that of the most advanced Western medicine. If it weren't for the fact that the entire process of the experiment was done under Zhou Shuren's eyelids, he would even wonder if it was a mistake.

However, as a Chinese, Zhou Shuren was faintly happy about this result. He remembered Dr. Macmillan's statement that before the development of modern science, mankind also had other theories used to explain the world, and although these theories are full of errors today, they can still effectively guide human practice under certain conditions.

"Zhou, you must know Sir Newton's three laws, and for a long time, they were simply the truth of the universe. However, the recent emergence of scientific theories has overturned it, and I am referring to Mr. Einstein's theory of relativity, but we should not assume that Sir Newton's three laws are meaningless, and even, in most cases, we will continue to use Newton's three laws to solve problems, rather than the latest theory of relativity. The same is true of medicine, such as the Indian theory of three humors, the European theory of astrological influence, and the Chinese theory of the five elements, although it seems that it is of course full of errors now, but the theoretical system full of errors is also stronger than no theoretical system. So the level of medicine in India, Europe, and China is much higher than that of the barbarians who don't even have such false theories. Even with such a low level of medicine as the Indians, there are still things worthy of our reference in their traditional medicines and treatments, and there must be more such things in Chinese medicine. ”

It seems that I still don't understand enough about what science is. Zhou Shuren thought about it as he collected the experimental data and prepared to take it to Dr. McMillan.

……

Dr. McMillan sent back a telegram from China, in which he said that experiments with new antiviral agents had achieved initial success. It's just that they don't know anything about why it will be successful, so they don't have any good ideas for further improvements. But Dr. McMillan suggested that a medical research institute could be set up nearby in Asia to study some of the Chinese prescriptions. He thought there might be a treasure trove hidden in it. Moreover, there are basically no regulations on drug use in China, which makes it easier to organize human trials. At the regular meeting of the family, Scrooge informed everyone of the news.

"Are we going to patent this drug?" Dorothea asked.

"No, you don't." Scrooge said. This is not because Scrooge has a temperate attitude and thinks that this is an ancient Chinese technology and did not invent it himself, so he does not want to take advantage of it. Rather, it is because if you want to apply for a patent, you must disclose the formula and manufacturing industry of the drug. And then although for some time after that, other companies could not legally produce it without authorization, however, the patent has a term of interest. Once it expires, all enterprises will be able to produce such drugs. The reason why some things need to be patented is because people can understand what is going on at a glance, or they can reverse-engineer the product with a little research. But traditional Chinese medicine preparations are different, it is a very complex mixture, and the possibility of directly reverse-developing it through the product is very small, so small that it is almost negligible, so something like this does not need to be patented at all, it only needs to be highly confidential about the formula. For example, the formula of the famous Coca-Cola has never been patented.

"This drug of ours is a compound mixture, and its composition is so complex that it is basically impossible for others to obtain the secret of its production through reverse research, so this drug does not need to be patented." Scrooge went on to explain.

"So are you going to set up a research center in Asia? Where are you going to build it? Carol asked.

"I think Dr. McMillan has a good vision, and given the easier access to relevant technical and experimental volunteers, it is very appropriate to have a research center in the East. There are not many suitable places in Asia for such a center. None other than Hong Kong, Shanghai and the Philippines. Hong Kong is completely under the control of the British, and if the British want to make trouble for us in the future because of competition with British enterprises, then we will suffer a lot in Hong Kong. The fact that the Philippines is completely under our control is a huge plus, and we can also use those indigenous Filipinos for drug experiments, and we can even do it in the name of charity. However, we may need to hire some Chinese doctors to participate in our research. And those Chinese generally have a very strong sense of resistance to leaving their hometowns. If the research center is located in the Philippines, it will be much more difficult to hire high-quality Chinese doctors. Of course, although human trials can be carried out in China, they are still not as convenient as in the Philippines, especially for experiments with a high lethality rate. However, there are not many such experiments, so this advantage of the Philippines is not obvious, and even if there is a need to conduct such experiments, we can transfer it specifically to the Philippines to carry out. That's not a problem. Therefore, I would prefer to set up such an institution in the public concession of Shanghai. What do you guys think? ”

"I don't know exactly what happens in Asia." Carroll said, "Donald, what do you think?" ”

Donald certainly knows more about Asia, he thought for a moment and replied: "Shanghai is indeed better, in terms of security, the security of the Shanghai Public Concession is still very good, plus Shanghai is much more prosperous than Manila, and many problems in life are easier to solve." And this is also very meaningful for research work. So I think it's more appropriate to set up in Shanghai. ”

"What do you think, Greystone?" Scrooge asked

"I see the same thing as Donald." Greystone replied simply.